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Guan Zhe is a Chinese singer of Manchu descent, born on April 23, 1981 in Jilin City, Jilin Province into a working-class family. He graduated from Yanshan University in 2002 with a degree in computer science. He began his artistic career in 2005 after placing 12th in the "My Show" singing competition on Dragon TV, signing with Avex Records, and later released his debut album "关爱" in 2008. He served as a special lecturer at the Beijing Contemporary Music Academy in 2006 and won an excellence award at the CCTV Youth Song Contest. He also worked as a music producer for prominent singers such as Sun Yue, Mao Ning, and Na Ying. His major achievement came in 2008 when the song "Beijing Beijing I Love Beijing," co-written and performed with Japanese producer Keisuke Kikuchi, won second place in the 4th Olympic Song Contest and became the closing ceremony theme for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He relaunched his career in 2012 after participating in "The Voice of China" on Zhejiang TV and reaching the top eight. He released albums "永远的永远" and "身边的故事," and won the Best Song award at the 2014 QQ Music Awards for "想定下來." He also competed on Hunan TV's "I Am a Singer" in 2016.